Darkness Inside

Prologue

"She's struck again." Detective Roy Jenkins says as he drops a file with the latest victim on his partner's desk. "Alexandria Fox, twenty - Dominican. Friends last saw her at Vortex, the new club in town before she disappeared."

Frowning, Detective Leah Rollins stares at the file. "She's killed so many people here. I want to find her." she says calmly.

Nodding his head, Roy runs a hand over his balding head. "We'll find her, and this will all be over before you know it."

"You know, I've noticed that only the female victims have previously had sex before dying." the young detective says softly.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Roy asked.

Leah rolls her eyes and looks up at her partner. "That means our unsub is attracted to the women she kills."

"And?" Roy questioned, narrowing his eyes.

"That means her next victim will more than likely be a woman." Leah tells him, god he didn't understand things. "She follows a pattern; guy, girl, girl, guy. We've found a guy and a girl so far."

"I'm confused." Roy admitted, scratching his head.

Sighing, Leah gives up on explaining it to him.

Roy shook his head. "We'll, get her, that's something I know for sure."

****

Lauren rolls her eyes as yet another guy tries grinding against her as she dances with her best friends.

"I swear all these boys are just horny." Dinah mumbles rolling her eyes.

Ally and Normani nod in agreement.

"Get off me." Lauren pushed the guy's shoulders. "I'm not interested."

The guy doesn't listen, pulling her back against him.

"Back off!" Dinah growls out, pushing a guy away from her.

Through the chaos of the girls pushing guys around, they miss a girl walking up to Lauren and pulling her away from the guy.

"There, now he'll leave you alone." the girl says, sending Lauren a charming smile that makes her knees weak.

Lauren swallowed. "Um... thanks."

"You're welcome." the girl says in response, glancing toward the exit. "Can I show you something?"

"Um... depends. I don't know you." Lauren said.

Sending Lauren another charming smile, the girl holds her hand out. "Camila, Camila Cabello."

Lauren quirked her right brow. "Lauren."

"Just come with me? I promise I'm not a serial killer or something." Camila says, smirking in her head at the irony.

Lauren narrowed her eyes at the girl suspiciously.

"Please?" Camila begs, pouting out her bottom lip, she was dressed in tight jeans and a blouse.

"I think I should go back to my friends." Lauren began walking backwards.

Frowning, Camila reaches out and grabs her hand. "They left already."

"They wouldn't leave me." Lauren responded.

"They did though." Camila pulls Lauren into the alley and hits her over the head before putting her in the trunk of her car.

Lauren groaned before everything went black.

****

When she finally came to, she was tied to a bed and had a gag in her mouth. She pulled on the ropes around her wrists but they only scraped her wrists.